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Doc Rivers spoke with unrestricted free agent O.J. Mayo on Monday morning, and ESPN's Chris Broussard reports that Rivers and Mayo will have lunch on Tuesday.

The interest is believed to be serious from the Clippers. Mayo is expected to be out in Dallas despite having a career year. Last season he averaged 15.3 points, 4.4 assists, 1.7 triples and 1.1 steals on a career-high 44.9 percent from the field. The Clippers need at shooting guard is currently their highest priority, so Mayo could end up playing with Chris Paul and company.

Justise Winslow (left knee) will not return against the Blazers on Wednesday.

The team is calling it a knee strain and they're already announcing he will be re-evaluated on Thursday. Winslow didn't have a clear injury in this game, but obviously something is wrong if the team is going to rule him out and maybe it's a lingering issue from a previous game. The Heat are already really shorthanded and may have to go with a seven-man rotation the rest of the way. Maybe Jordan Mickey plays today, but he's not worth adding.

The team said he is being tested right now, and it's certainly possible he suffered a concussion. Jonathon Simmons' elbow caught Rivers in the face pretty hard and Rivers was down for a couple minutes before going to the locker room. C.J. Williams got the start in the third quarter, but Lou Williams is likely looking at even more minutes. Milos Teodosic could also get some more chances to produce along with Wes Johnson.

Updating a previous item, Lauri Markkanen (back) will not play against the Jazz and Nikola Mirotic will start in his place.

Oh boy. We get late news from the team here after the he was listed in the starting lineup. Markkanen must not be feeling well after his warmup today, but he should just be day-to-day. Besides Mirotic playing more, this should open up some minutes for Bobby Portis and Paul Zipser.

Lauri Markkanen (back) will be in the starting lineup for Wednesday's game against the Jazz.

Markkanen is good to go and without a minutes limit, so go ahead and get him active. With him back in action, Nikola Mirotic figures to head back to the second unit where he'll split the reserve minutes with Bobby Portis.

Meyers Leonard (illness) is not expected to play and Jusuf Nurkic (ankle) is out, so Collins gets his first NBA start. He was playing minutes at both big spots on Saturday and Monday, so expect him to be more of a straight five in this game. He should be looking at minutes in the 23-30 range and is on the board as a DFS punt.

The Nuggets are going to go with Mason Plumlee in the first unit and will bring Nikola Jokic off the bench. Faried was a DNP-CD in the last game on Tuesday, so it'll be really hard to count on him because he'll certainly have a short leash today. He's a drop candidate now that Jokic is back.

Ian Mahinmi (knee) has been ruled out for Wednesday's game against the Grizzlies.

Mahinmi should be considered day-to-day with his MRI coming back negative, so perhaps he'll be able to get back out there for Friday's game against the Clippers. With him out, Jason Smith and Mike Scott should see some extra minutes, and Scott could be someone to think about as a low-end streamer or DFS punt play with him starting at power forward tonight.

Markieff Morris (hip) is out and Mike Scott will start against the Grizzlies on Wednesday.

It's another Morris late scratch and he apparently tightened up after warmups. Both Morris brothers have struggled to stay on the court, but Markieff doesn't sound like he'll be out for long. Scott has played well recently and he could get some extended minutes while Kelly Oubre could also be asked to step up.